The Cross Of
Liberty

I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.
Jesus Christ—John 12:32

Towering above New York Harbor is the Statue of Liberty. For more
than 100 years, that stately lady, with freedom's torch held high, has
beckoned millions of people who are choking from the stifling air of
tyranny and oppression. They've been drawn to what that monument
symbolizes—freedom.

Inscribed on Lady Liberty's pedestal are the deeply moving words by
Emma Lazarus: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside
the golden door!"

A different monument towers over history, offering spiritual freedom to
enslaved people throughout the world. It's the Roman cross where
Jesus Christ hung 2,000 years ago. At first the scene repels. Then we
see the sinless Son of God dying in our place to pay the penalty for our
sins. From the cross we hear the words "Father, forgive them" (Luke
23:34) and "It is finished!" (John 19:30). As we trust in Christ as our
Savior, the heavy burden of guilt rolls from our sin-weary souls. We
are free for all eternity.

Have you heard and responded to the invitation of the cross? —DJD

Oh, the cross is my statue of liberty,
For it was there that my soul was set free!
Unashamed I'll proclaim that a rugged cross
Is my statue of liberty. —Enloe
© 1974, 1975 by Neil Enloe Music Co.

Our greatest freedom is freedom from sin.